Vol. 2 - Chapter 25

Keiko

On the back of Haruna's horse, Keiko watched the landscape as she and her teacher traveled to the east. The distant lands looked so beautiful that Keiko's jaw dragged against the ground as they moved. She watched everything around her with awe. The world was so much more amazing than she could have imagined it to be. 

If she was heading for certain death because this whole plan was foolhardy at best, then she could at least appreciate the wondrous views. Eventually, she started to daydream, her mind momentarily empty enough to allow her to sift through old memories. One came up, and Keiko could remember it as though it had happened yesterday.